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Alert Events List is Too Confusing

I'm trying to maximize the security for our Pre-Employment Background Screening business, which must handle very sensitive client information. I want to be sure that I've selected best fit for the items in the Alert Events list, but have absolutely no understanding of their meanings - i.e. Tools>Logs>Alert Events. Can someone please tell me where I can find definitive descriptions/definitions of these items?

Re: Alert Events List is Too Confusing

Thanks for your kind response, Sky Soldier, but none of those links (and I followed every one of them) provided no definitive information about the actual Alert Events list. I had already followed all of the links to the ZA help pages, plus many more, but as I indicated in my original post above, they just dance around the edges, but provide no information regarding the meanings of the items in the Alert Events list. which is what I'm trying to obtain. For example: The first item is "Blocked NETBIOS Broadcasts". Without knowing what that means, how can I know whether I want to check "Alert", "Log" or leave it blank (the current default). That problem exists for me throughout the entire list of Alert Events, and I need to know and understand what those items mean in order to properly configure my sstem.

Re: Alert Events List is Too Confusing

I am afraid you will need to google and learn how the Operating system works including TCP/IP, NetBIOS, networking, ports, localhost, LAN, etc. This is something you cannot really find in a firewall user guide but more on general documentation about OS and networking.